Virtex-6 FPGA Broadcast Connectivity Kit

Product Details

• Broadcast Connectivity Kit FAQ (PDF)
• Product Brief (PDF)

Documentation

• ML605 Documentation
• Virtex-6 FPGA LX240T CES Errata
• Implementing Triple-Rate SDI with Virtex-6 FPGA GTX Transceivers (PDF)
• Virtex-6 Broadcast Connectivity Kit Reference Designs

Device Family Support

• Virtex-6 LXT

Developed specifically to address the rapidly evolving requirements in the broadcast market for greater bandwidth, improved jitter performance and lower power consumption, the Virtex®-6 FPGA Broadcast Connectivity Kit integrates high performance Virtex-6 FPGAs, intellectual property (IP) building blocks, design tools, reference designs, and a serial digital/audio development board. Based on the standard ML605 Evaluation Kit, the Virtex-6 FPGA Broadcast Connectivity Kit adds a serial digital audio and video connectivity FPGA mezzanine card (FMC) from Cook Technologies, as well as a full-seat* of Xilinx ISE® Design Suite: Logic Edition – allowing designers to:

• Introduce differentiated broadcast systems to the market
• Increase productivity and accelerate production cycles
• Rapidly adopt emerging standards and features such as DisplayPort and EthernetAVB from beginning to even mid-development
• Kick start development and system-level IP integration with expert design examples 

*Device-Locked to Virtex-6 LX240T FPGA. Instructions on downloading and licensing software available upon kit purchase.

What's Included

• ROHS compliant ML605 Base Board including the XC6VLX240T-1FFG1156 FPGA 
• Broadcast Connectivity FMC card from Cook Technologies (CTXIL671)
• 2 clock modules for direct reference clock generation and/or jitter reduction of retransmitted reference clocks.
• ISE Design Suite: Logic Edition. (Device-locked to the Virtex-6 LX240T FPGA)
• Documentation 
  • Hardware Setup Guide – Easy to follow instructions for getting your development board up and running in minutes so you can begin evaluation. 
  • Hardware Users Guide – Detailed guide providing information about the hardware included in your kit.
  • Reference Design and Example User Guide – Instructions for using the included reference design and design examples included in your kit.
  • Schematics and PCB files – Information you need to accelerate layout and development of your board based upon best practices.
  • Universal 12V power supply
  • Two USB cables – enabling BIST and device configuration.
  • Four coaxial cables - SDI, AES and DVB-ASI connectivity
  • One Ethernet cable – host communication to the base reference design interface.
• Reference Designs and Demonstrations
  • Base Reference Design – Design that includes gigabit host communication, DDR2 memory interface, example programmable processing and serial loopback optimized for the Virtex-6 FPGA family.
  • Base Reference Design Interface and Demonstration – Evaluate different implementations and see results in this convenient, easy to use interface.
  • Triple rate SDI (SD/HD/3G-SDI) for transmit, receive and pass through
  • Board Diagnostic Demo
  • PCI Express Gen2 (x4) test design
  • PCI Express Gen 1 (x8) test design
  • DDR3 Memory Interface design
  • ChipScope Pro Serial IO Toolkit IBERT Transceiver Test Design.
  • Multi Boot Reference Design, featuring fail safe.
• USB Flash Drive
  • All reference designs, demos, and documents are delivered on a USB stick.

Key Features

• FPGA: XC6VLX240T-1FFG1156
• Configuration
  • Onboard configuration circuitry (USB to JTAG)128MB Platform Flash XL
  • 32MB Parallel (BPI) Flash
  • System ACE 2G Compact FLASH (CF) Card
• Communications and Networking
  • 10/100/1000 Tri-Speed Ethernet (GMII, RGMII, SGMII, MII)
  • SFP transceiver connector
  • GTX port (TX, RX) with four SMA connectors
  • USB To UART Bridge
  • USB Host Port and USB Peripheral Port
  • PCI Express x8 Edge Connector (card supports up to x4 Gen2 with Virtex-6 LX240T-1 silicon)
• Memory
  • DDR3 SO-DIMM (512 MB)
  • BPI Linear Flash (32 MB) (Also available for configuration)
  • IIC EEPROM (8 Kb)
• Clocking
  • 200 MHz Oscillator (Differential)
  • Oscillator socket (Single-Ended)
  • SMA Connectors for external clock (Differential)
  • GTX Reference Clock port with 2 SMA connectors 
• Input/Output and Expansion Ports on ML605 Base Platform
  • 16x2 LCD character display
  • DVI Output
  • System Monitor
  • User Push buttons (5), DIP switches (13), LEDs (13)
  • User GPIO with two SMA connectors
  • Two FMC Expansion Ports
    • High Pin Count (HPC)
      • Eight GTX Transceivers
      • 160 SelectIOs
    • Low Pin Count (LPC)
      • One GTX Transceiver
      • 68 SelectIOs
• Input/Output and Expansion Ports on CT-FMC-BRCST-1 FMC card
  • Four triple rate SDI (SD/HD/3G-SDI) Rx supporting SMPTE-259M, SMPTE-292M, and SMPTE-424M
  • Four triple rate SDI (SD/HD/3G-SDI) Tx supporting SMPTE-259M, SMPTE-292M, and SMPTE-424M
  • Two AES3 audio Rx
  • Two AES3 audio Tx
  • One AES10 audio Rx
  • One AES10 audio Tx
  • One video sync input
  • One further FMC Expansion Port
    • High Pin Count (HPC)
      • Eight GTX Transceivers
      • 160 SelectIOs
• Power
  • 12V wall adapter or ATX
  • Voltage and Current measurement capability of 2.5V, 1.5V, and 1.2V, 1.0V supplies

For product and pricing related questions, please check the FAQ.

Xilinx offers a 90-day limited warranty on this product. See Limited Warranty for detailed information.